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First few rounds of the tournament seem to be addressing the criticisms that NJPW always runs the same matches.
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NJPW reveals lineup for 50th Anniversary show - WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results
The card is headlined by a six-man tag featuring two returning legends.
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- Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
- Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
- Kota Ibushi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare
- STRONGHEARTS (CIMA, T-Hawk & El Lindaman) vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
- Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Minoru Tanaka vs. Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
- Tiger Mask, YOH & Ryohei Oiwa vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
NJPW reveals New Japan Cup 2022 bracket and schedule - WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results
The 48-man tournament begins on March 2 with eight first round matches.
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NJPW Cup participants (bolded receive first round buys)
- Kazuchika Okada
- El Desperado
- Master Wato
- Toru Yano
- Taichi
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan
- Yuji Nagata
- Hirooki Goto
- Dick Togo
- CIMA
- TAKA Michinoku
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- YOH
- Bad Luck Fale
- Tetsuya Naito
- Yujiro Takahashi
- Gedo
- Togi Makabe
- Jeff Cobb
- Satoshi Kojima
- Tomoaki Honma
- YOSHI-HASHI
- Kosei Fujita
- Kota Ibushi
- Great-O-Khan
- Taiji Ishimori
- Ryohei Oiwa
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- DOUKI
- Yuto Nakashima
- Aaron Henare
- SANADA
- BUSHI
- Will Ospreay
- El Phantasmo
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Shingo Takagi
- Tanga Loa
- Chase Owens
- Jado
- Tiger Mask
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- EVIL
- Tama Tonga
- Hiromu Takahashi
- SHO
- Minoru Suzuki
announced matches
Wednesday, March 2 --
- New Japan Cup first round: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado
- New Japan Cup first round: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- New Japan Cup first round: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOH
- New Japan Cup first round: Toru Yano vs. Taichi
- New Japan Cup first round: Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb
- New Japan Cup first round: Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
- New Japan Cup first round: Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- New Japan Cup first round: CIMA vs. TAKA Michinoku
- New Japan Cup first round: Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
- New Japan Cup first round: Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
- New Japan Cup first round: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ryohei Oiwa
- New Japan Cup first round: Aaron Henare vs. Yuto Nakashima
- Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOH vs. Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
- Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask vs. Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
- New Japan Cup first round: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- New Japan Cup first round: Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
- New Japan Cup first round: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL
- New Japan Cup first round: Chase Owens vs. Jado
- Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH vs. El Desperado, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
- Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare
- New Japan Cup second round: Master Wato vs. El Desperado/Kazuchika Okada
- New Japan Cup second round: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taichi/Toru Yano
- New Japan Cup second round: Dick Togo vs. Hirooki Goto/Yuji Nagata
- New Japan Cup second round: Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. CIMA/TAKA Michinoku
- New Japan Cup second round: Bad Luck Fale vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi/YOH
- New Japan Cup second round: Kosei Fujita vs. YOSHI-HASHI/Tomoaki Honma
- New Japan Cup second round: Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito/Yujiro Takahashi
- New Japan Cup second round: Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb/Togi Makabe
- New Japan Cup second round: El Phantasmo vs. Will Ospreay/BUSHI
- New Japan Cup second round: SANADA vs. Aaron Henare/Yuto Nakashima
- New Japan Cup second round: Taiji Ishimori vs. Kota Ibushi/Great-O-Khan
- New Japan Cup second round: DOUKI vs. Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa
- New Japan Cup second round: Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiromu Takahashi/SHO
- New Japan Cup second round: Tama Tonga vs. EVIL/Ryusuke Taguchi
- New Japan Cup second round: Tiger Mask vs. Jado/Chase Owens
- New Japan Cup second round: Tanga Loa vs. Shingo Takagi/Tomohiro Ishii
This all looks a lot more interesting than the Cup usually does, whether it works out or not.
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Randomized first round byes are very, erm, random but I totally get it cause if Top 16 wrestlers then you'd potentially have a very lackluster and unappealing first round.
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50th Anniversary show was fun nostalgia.
Night 1 of the NJ Cup was good aside from the Yujiro match which well yeah. Even the Honma match was way better than expected.
Night 1 of the NJ Cup was good aside from the Yujiro match which well yeah. Even the Honma match was way better than expected.
CIMA advances fuck yeah!
Round 2:
Tanahashi Vs Fale
Naito Vs Gedo
Cobb Vs Kojima
Yoshihashi Vs Kosei Fujita
Great OKhan Vs Ishimori
Sabre Vs Douki
Henare Vs SANADA
Ospreay Vs Phantasmo
SHINGO Vs Tanga Lao
Chase Owens Vs Tiger Mask
EVIL Vs Tama Tonga
Hiromu Vs Minoru Suzuki (really looking forward to this one)
Advanced to Round 3:
Okada Vs Taichi
Hirooki Goto Vs CIMA
Round 2:
Tanahashi Vs Fale
Naito Vs Gedo
Cobb Vs Kojima
Yoshihashi Vs Kosei Fujita
Great OKhan Vs Ishimori
Sabre Vs Douki
Henare Vs SANADA
Ospreay Vs Phantasmo
SHINGO Vs Tanga Lao
Chase Owens Vs Tiger Mask
EVIL Vs Tama Tonga
Hiromu Vs Minoru Suzuki (really looking forward to this one)
Advanced to Round 3:
Okada Vs Taichi
Hirooki Goto Vs CIMA
Bullet Club is the fucking worst. Everyone turned on GoD (and Jado!) tonight to zero reaction. It was painful to watch. I'm glad GoD is out of that shitfest but it is so long past time to kill that unit.
In more positive news MiSu Vs Hiromu was fun and the next round has a bunch of cool matches:
NJ Cup 3rd Round:
Okada Vs Taichi
Hirooki Goto Vs CIMA (Give us CIMA Vs Okada!)
Tanahashi Vs Naito
Jeff Cobb Vs Yoshihashi
OKhan Vs Sabre
SANADA Vs Ospreay
SHINGO Vs Chase Owens
EVIL Vs Hiromu (Hiromu got the best match EVIL has had since his turn out of him can he pull the miracle off again?)
In more positive news MiSu Vs Hiromu was fun and the next round has a bunch of cool matches:
NJ Cup 3rd Round:
Okada Vs Taichi
Hirooki Goto Vs CIMA (Give us CIMA Vs Okada!)
Tanahashi Vs Naito
Jeff Cobb Vs Yoshihashi
OKhan Vs Sabre
SANADA Vs Ospreay
SHINGO Vs Chase Owens
EVIL Vs Hiromu (Hiromu got the best match EVIL has had since his turn out of him can he pull the miracle off again?)
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I haven't watched a ton of NJ recently, just not a lot of time, but I did watch yesterday's show, mainly because I wanted to see the Suzuki vs Hiromu match, and it didn't disappoint. It reminded me a bit of the Ibushi vs TAICHI match from the G1 where they did the entire match with kicks, but this time it was mainly chops. I loved it.
The BC stuff was painful to watch, but it had to be done since GOD were kicked out by Jay on Impact. The most interesting people to me left in BC are Jay, ELP, and Ishimori. The HOT stuff is just total shit, and I still think they should have put SHO with Suzuki-gun instead of this trash. I am interested to see what happens with GOD, if they try to make their own faction, or try to join another. Otherwise, I just don't care about BC much anymore. Also, there are like 45 people in BC now, even with kicking out GOD. That's just insane.
The BC stuff was painful to watch, but it had to be done since GOD were kicked out by Jay on Impact. The most interesting people to me left in BC are Jay, ELP, and Ishimori. The HOT stuff is just total shit, and I still think they should have put SHO with Suzuki-gun instead of this trash. I am interested to see what happens with GOD, if they try to make their own faction, or try to join another. Otherwise, I just don't care about BC much anymore. Also, there are like 45 people in BC now, even with kicking out GOD. That's just insane.
CIMA WINS! CIMA WINS! Miracle run! Fantastic finish too.
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For someone who is as naturally unlikeable as Will Ospreay is, he sure isn't a very good heel. Having him beat SANADA with a barrage of (incredibly weak) elbow strikes was hilarious. SANADA sold it like death (even getting carried out on someone's back still faking that he was out) but man the whole thing was lame. Ospreay pretended to be suffering a seizure to mock him and just looked like a fucking goof.
Please pay Jay White whatever it takes to come back over. Or Cesaro. Or push Sabre over him like you should have all along.
Please pay Jay White whatever it takes to come back over. Or Cesaro. Or push Sabre over him like you should have all along.
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Full lineup for the Korakuen Hall 60th Birthday show co-presented by New Japan and All Japan.
- Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jake Lee & SANADA
- Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH
- Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi
- Takao Omori, Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima vs. Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
- Toru Yano & TAJIRI vs. Black Menso-re & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Ryo Inoue vs. Kosei Fujita
those top two matches fuck yeah especially the main event
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HIROMU BEAT EVIL!
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Wasn't just selling. Ospreay fractured SANADA's orbital bone. Ouch.
Jesus christ I hate Ospreay.
Fantastic news that Hiromu won. I didn't watch the show since it looked so bad but I might watch that match now
Fantastic news that Hiromu won. I didn't watch the show since it looked so bad but I might watch that match now
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In other news; Tama Tonga atoned for one of the Bullet Club's original sins by making up with Taguchi. Hopefully, a sign that this angle is a sign that BC is winding down and not just a continuation of their never ending civil war.
I'd laugh and laugh though if it ended up that Wato and Taguchi are just going to be in GoD's weird mutation of Bullet Club.
I'd laugh and laugh though if it ended up that Wato and Taguchi are just going to be in GoD's weird mutation of Bullet Club.
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the Hiromu/EVIL show drew the first 1000+ crowd to Koruokan Hall since the start of COVID for any company apparently. I'm going to credit that more to Hiromu than EVIL.
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Some people on NJPW Twitter are optimistic that yesterday's result was a sign that COVID era booking is ending and this is the end of EVIL being a top heel. That's an exceedingly optimistic outlook but I WANT TO BELIEVE!
I wouldn't go that far at all either. Until Japan is open again he's still going to be pushed high. We also don't really know how the fans in Japan feel about HoT. Are they as apathetic towards them as western fans or is it purely the fact they aren't allowed to make noise? It seems like they aren't over but who knows.
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Me this weekend.
Okada Vs Naito in the semi-final! What an electric exciting new match.
(Yeah, I know it’s going to be good. Let me be snarky for a moment!)
It's beginning to look a lot like normal.
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Forgot the show was tonight, shit. I;ll watch it sometime this morning. Really sad CIMA didn't get the upset but not surprised. Hiromu should definitely get the upset win in the finals before losing the title shot to Okada. He could dine out on that for the rest of his career since not even Liger ever won a Heavy tourny. Just don't insist on promoting him to full-time heavy. He really isn't built for it and he's special where he is.
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Shingo Takagi Vs ZSJ is the 2nd semi-final, along with Okada-Naito that's happening this weekend.
At least Ospreay isn't going to win, CWM.
It would have been great if Hiromu won but Shingo is fantastic so it's still great. Ospreay losing is even better, if he'd won after injuring Sanada I'd have been angry for sure. There are no bad winners among the final four. Giving Sabre the big win to finally establish him as the top foreign stat would be interesting. Especially if they broke him away from Suzuki-gun ever.
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thawk (and lindaman lesser extent) needs to be in BOSJ
Cautiously optimistic about NJPW's direction after the Cup. Things feel like they are moving in a positive direction and are a lot more fun. Crowds are getting bigger again as well. Just bringing in Stronghearts (and Fujinami!) has added a lot of life to the shows.